JERSEY Post has won a contract to provide all of the Island’s UPS deliveries.
The States-owned entity has described the move as “the start of a new partnership” with the global shipping and logistics giant, which went out to tender in search of a “final mile” provider for the Island earlier this year.
Jersey Post yesterday announced that it was “delighted” to have recently won the contract – and revealed that it had already integrated UPS deliveries into its current operations as of last Thursday.
In June, Jersey Post chief executive Mark Siviter revealed the business was “very close” to closing new contracts and “being trusted by big global parcel providers to deliver some of those parcels for them”.
He made the comments as the company announced a loss of £6.6 million for 2022, amid a “perfect storm” of industry pressures that “decimated” its margins.
Jersey Post has said the UPS contract signifies “the start of a new partnership between the Island’s postal operator and the well-known parcel delivery agent”.
Julie Thomas, the company’s managing director of postal and logistics, said: “By winning contracts like this, Jersey Post are making strides as the Island’s preferred delivery provider.
“We are thrilled to be able to serve Jersey residents and businesses with their UPS deliveries.”
All UPS deliveries will arrive on the Island via Condor’s Goodwill ferry, and Jersey Post has said they “should be delivered the same day, except when ferries are delayed”.
Customers are also being encouraged to sign up to Jersey Post’s free Secure Drop service, to save time collecting items from Postal Headquarters at Rue des Pres if they are out when a delivery is made.
